Don’t remember that? That’s because it’s a fictional conflict 20-year-old movie director Joe Kowalski (One Day: A Musical) invented for his new film Billie Bob Joe. Although the premise is undeniably silly, (Did you know the terms ‘sloppy Joe’ and ‘average Joe’ were invented by the Bobs to slander the Joes? Or that ‘bobbing for apples’ derives from when Joes used to drown Bobs underwater?) Kowalski says that the topic is actually utilized as a family-friendly satire of prejudice, intending to humorously show the ridiculousness of warring groups of people, not unlike the Dr. Seuss 1984 classic The Butter Battle Book.
